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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Western North Carolina**

Physical Activity

I'm going to read two statements about HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. After I read each one, please tell me whether you think it is true or false, or if you don't know.
A pregnant woman with HIV can get treatment to help reduce the chances that she w ill pass the virus on to her baby.*

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  Total
Respond.^		 True False Don't know/Not sure
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 7,079 3,854 53.5 51.6-55.3 1,317 19.2 17.7-20.8 1,908 27.3 25.7-29.1
-Western NC 1,488 792 51.1 46.8-55.3 279 19.2 16.2-22.7 417 29.7 25.6-34.2
GENDER
Male 564 292 46.4 39.8-53.1 126 21.9 16.9-27.9 146 31.7 24.9-39.4
Female 924 500 55.8 51.0-60.5 153 16.5 13.3-20.4 271 27.7 23.6-32.1
RACE
White 1,337 719 52.5 48.1-56.8 243 18.9 15.7-22.5 375 28.7 24.5-33.2
African American 57 34 57.7 34.9-77.6 16 30.7 13.8-55.2 7 11.6 3.6-31.4
Other Minorities 89 37 26.8 15.4-42.4 18 16.1 6.5-34.8 34 57.1 37.6-74.7
AGE
18-24 135 74 53.1 41.0-64.8 28 21.0 12.8-32.7 33 25.9 16.5-38.1
25-34 282 154 49.3 38.3-60.4 59 20.4 13.5-29.6 69 30.3 19.1-44.4
35-44 340 180 44.6 37.0-52.5 72 23.5 17.5-30.7 88 31.9 23.8-41.3
45-54 381 190 52.7 44.4-60.9 74 19.7 13.3-28.2 117 27.5 21.0-35.2
55-64 350 194 56.6 48.8-64.2 46 11.5 7.6-17.0 110 31.9 24.9-39.8
65-74 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
75+ 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 176 74 31.9 21.5-44.4 34 14.6 8.8-23.3 68 53.5 39.1-67.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 481 216 44.3 37.7-51.1 111 26.4 20.4-33.5 154 29.2 23.5-35.8
Some Post-H.S. 419 240 54.3 46.6-61.8 71 17.5 12.3-24.2 108 28.2 21.8-35.7
College Graduate 410 262 71.0 65.0-76.4 62 13.7 9.7-19.1 86 15.2 11.7-19.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 172 96 54.3 43.3-64.9 29 16.9 10.2-26.7 47 28.8 19.4-40.5
$15,000- 24,999 283 142 46.2 36.4-56.3 63 25.4 17.0-36.3 78 28.3 19.5-39.1
$25,000- 34,999 204 102 50.5 40.1-60.9 49 23.2 15.2-33.9 53 26.3 18.2-36.2
$35,000- 49,999 221 121 55.2 44.7-65.2 37 15.3 9.8-23.2 63 29.5 20.6-40.2
$50,000-74,999 188 107 58.9 49.0-68.2 37 20.6 13.7-29.8 44 20.5 14.0-29.0
$75,000+ 170 104 63.5 52.9-72.9 26 18.5 11.1-29.1 40 18.0 11.8-26.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 314 185 55.8 48.9-62.4 46 17.2 12.4-23.3 83 27.0 21.3-33.7
Guilford 341 197 56.7 50.2-62.9 61 20.4 15.3-26.6 83 22.9 18.2-28.4
Mecklenburg 360 198 52.9 46.2-59.5 59 18.2 13.3-24.3 103 28.9 23.5-35.0
Orange 373 245 61.5 53.2-69.1 49 13.2 9.3-18.4 79 25.4 18.4-33.8
Wake 384 233 61.0 55.0-66.8 49 11.8 8.4-16.2 102 27.2 22.1-32.9
Chatham/Lee 288 158 53.7 46.6-60.7 48 13.9 10.1-18.8 82 32.4 25.8-39.7
Nash/Wilson 287 156 49.6 42.8-56.4 50 21.9 16.1-29.2 81 28.5 22.7-35.0
Craven/Pamlico 313 164 51.9 45.1-58.6 67 22.2 16.8-28.7 82 26.0 20.3-32.5
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 321 150 44.2 37.7-50.8 74 25.0 19.6-31.3 97 30.8 24.3-38.3
Appalachian/Wilkes 337 173 50.3 42.4-58.1 58 16.2 12.0-21.5 106 33.5 26.3-41.7
Franklin/Gran./Vance 372 204 50.4 41.2-59.7 80 26.8 17.0-39.5 88 22.8 17.0-29.8
Graham/Swain/Jackson 311 151 40.2 29.9-51.4 72 20.9 14.7-28.7 88 38.9 25.4-54.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 375 201 51.3 45.4-57.2 68 19.6 15.2-24.8 106 29.1 24.1-34.8
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 308 158 54.6 47.5-61.6 64 20.8 15.9-26.8 86 24.5 19.4-30.6
Northeast NC I 333 154 43.1 36.2-50.2 85 27.3 21.6-33.9 94 29.6 22.2-38.4
Northeast NC II 371 213 61.1 54.9-66.9 67 16.0 12.3-20.6 91 22.9 18.0-28.7
Northeastern Partnership 704 367 54.8 49.9-59.5 152 20.0 16.7-23.6 185 25.3 21.0-30.1
Mountain AHEC 915 502 53.2 47.9-58.6 169 17.7 14.4-21.5 244 29.1 23.7-35.1
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,467 1,309 53.3 49.9-56.6 489 20.2 17.5-23.1 669 26.6 23.6-29.8
Piedmont 3,124 1,753 54.1 51.5-56.7 549 18.7 16.6-20.9 822 27.2 24.9-29.5

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported being less than age 65.

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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